Liberia's president on Tuesday called for an Ebola "Marshall Plan" to help rebuild economies in West African nations devastated by the virus.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said that "we need our international partners to remain committed to us," as the number of...

Sierra Leone's vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards.
Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is set to become acting president later Sunday when President Ernest Bai Koroma leaves Sierra Leone...

Dr. Matthew Waxman recently returned to Los Angeles after spending nearly two months in the town of Lunsar, Sierra Leone, where he treated Ebola patients at an isolated medical facility.
He and colleagues toiled in harsh and stressful conditions, caring...

Sierra Leone's vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards.
Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is set to become acting president later Sunday when President Ernest Bai Koroma leaves Sierra...

President Ernest Bai Koroma reinstated restrictions in Sierra Leone in response to the rise in confirmed cases of Ebola.
Sierra Leone recorded 18 new cases of Ebola in the week ending Saturday, up from 16 new cases last week. This breaks the trend of declining cases in Sierra Leone. There were clusters of new cases with many related to fishing.
The measures re-imposed include a nighttime ban on all boats launching from shore and from commercial vehicles off-loading goods in western market areas. Naval...

Sierra Leone imposed a quarantine in a fishing district of the capital city, Freetown, after at least five new Ebola cases were confirmed there, an official said Saturday.
The measure, imposed Friday, affects the coastal district of Aberdeen, which contains both upscale hotels and informal settlements, said OB Sisay, director of the Situation Room at the National Ebola Response Center. At least some of the new cases included fishermen who had gone out in a boat but returned complaining of stomach pains...

The U.N. Ebola chief says the goal set by the presidents of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea of reducing the number of new cases of the deadly disease to zero by April 15 can be reached — but only if local communities stop unsafe burials and hands-on healing practices.
Dr. David Nabarro told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that there are now 10 times fewer people diagnosed with Ebola each week than there were last September. But he said preventing the final 120 to 130 new cases per week is...

Sierra Leone's government promised a full investigation Monday after an internal audit found that nearly one-third of the money received to fight Ebola was spent without saving the necessary receipts and invoices to justify the spending.
The audit report first emerged in Sierra Leone's parliament last week, detailing how some $5.75 million in funds either had no or insufficient documentation. That represents about a third of the total $19.32 million under review.
In a statement released Monday, the...

At least 130 Ebola cases were identified and scores of bodies buried during a three-day curfew in Sierra Leone, the country’s health authorities said Monday, calling the controversial effort largely successful.
In one of the most aggressive moves yet to stem the virus spreading through parts of West Africa, Sierra Leone’s 6 million people were ordered to stay home round the clock while about 30,000 healthcare workers and volunteers went door to door to educate about Ebola and find people who...

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, according to Sierra Leone’s leader, who ushered in a controversial three-day curfew across the entire country Friday in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola virus.
In a measure criticized by humanitarian agencies as punitive and counterproductive, Sierra Leone authorities have banned anyone from leaving their houses until midnight Sunday, so that health workers can go door to door to educate people about the virus and track down households that are...

The world’s worst outbreak of Ebola is growing exponentially and could take nearly $1 billion to bring under control, officials with the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
The figure is double what the organization estimated last month when it outlined a strategy to respond to the epidemic.
"Quite frankly, ladies and gentlemen, this health crisis we're facing is unparalleled in modern times," Dr. Bruce Aylward, the WHO's assistant director-general for emergency operations, told...